NJ Senate Committee OKs Nomination of DRPA Chief to State Judicial Post
A new Jersey state senate panel has given its approval for Governor Christie's nomination of DRPA chief John Matheussen to be a Superior Court judge.
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A new Jersey state senate panel has given its approval for Governor Christie's nomination of DRPA chief John Matheussen to be a Superior Court judge.
James Carville joined Chris Stigall on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT Monday to discuss everything from the recent bridge scandal surrounding New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to the 2016 presidential campaign.
The case involves two women who were legally married in 2005, when they lived in Massachusetts. But when they moved to Pennsylvania in 2009, their marriage was not recognized under state law.
Democratic Assemblyman John Wisniewski said using the George Washington Bridge, a public resource, for political payback, a private use, violates federal and state laws.
In the wake of Bridgegate, some vulnerable politicians might distance themselves from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, at least for the time being.
The emails were included in hundreds of documents released Friday by a New Jersey legislative committee investigating the role of the administration of Gov. Christie in the lane closings.
Dr. Nickolaos Linardopoulos, a crisis communications expert at Rutgers University, labels Christie's handling of the situation "brilliant" up to this point.
Lawmakers have accused a former appointee of Gov. Chris Christie of contempt after he refused to answer questions from a legislative committee looking into a scandal involving punitive traffic lane closures.
Christie has been riding high in many presidential primary surveys, most recently Quinnipiac University's "national thermometer," released Thursday afternoon.
The selection as a Promise Zone means that neighborhood will be given preference when applying for a host of other federal grants.
Congressman Jim Gerlach's announcement that he will not seek re-election to a seventh two-year term in the US House is expected to set off a mad scramble for his seat.
"If I were the speaker (of the Pennsylvania House), I would refer the bill to another committee," Sen. Daylin Leach said today. "There is no law that requires this to be referred to the state government committee."
Williams touted the city's declining homicide rate, but vowed to work for a safer city in his second term.
The plan includes major Medicaid reforms designed to reduce costs to the state, including monthly premiums for adults, work-search requirements, and caps on the number of medical visits and tests that can be performed.
The hearing was originally scheduled for the morning, but interest in the hearings has been high and registration filled so quickly that the department added an afternoon session. And that filled up, too.
